On Monday, one of the deceased men was found lying face down on the ground next to a gold Chevrolet Astro van that had tinted windows with the windshield wipers still moving. The other victim was slumped over in the passenger seat of the van.

A medical call came in first with a man reporting to find the victim laying next to the van, Denis said. They thought he was injured but didn’t want to get too close because the caller had a child with him, he said.

The fire department initially responded and paramedics found that the man was dead and called police.

“So we responded and I guess at that point we found a second deceased young man in the van,” Denis said.

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Horry County Police work the scene of a double homicide in Socastee Plaza on Monday, July 11, 2016. One man is face-down on the driver's side of a gold van and another man is slumped over in the passenger side of the van. Raul Denis of the Horry County Police said someone called about the man laying beside the van around 7 a.m. Socastee Plaza is located off S.C. 707 across fro CresCom Bank. Several months ago a woman was found stabbed to death inside the Maytag Laundromat in the same shopping center.
Janet Blackmon Morgan - jblackmon@thesunnews.com

Horry County Police work the scene of a double homicide in Socastee Plaza on Monday, July 11, 2016. One man is face-down on the driver's side of a gold van and another man is slumped over in the passenger side of the van. Raul Denis of the Horry County Police said someone called about the man laying beside the van around 7 a.m. Socastee Plaza is located off S.C. 707 across fro CresCom Bank. Several months ago a woman was found stabbed to death inside the Maytag Laundromat in the same shopping center.
Janet Blackmon Morgan - jblackmon@thesunnews.com